The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1887-11-08
AFRICAN EXPLORATIONS.
wonderful Discoveries, by Dr. Ludwig
Wolf.

Wonderful Discoveries, by DIR. Ludwig
Wolf.
From the New York sun.
DR. Ludwig Wolf, the eminent African ex-
ploror. who a year and a half ago made the
great discovery that the Kassai, Sanllurn, and
Iomami rivers form hitherto unknown and
excellent waterway from the Congo, little
above Stanley Pool, about seven hundred miles
east to the very heart Of the continent, has
been so busy with his explorations that he has
not been able yet 70 write a detailed account of
his remarkable discoveries in the great region
which he was the first to visit. We have re-
ccived his story in fragmentaTy form, md the
latest addition he has made TO it, contained in
paper lie recently read before the British as
sociation gives Ms some % the most interesting
incidents Of his long journey up the SanlGuru
and Lomami rivers.
The Lomani is a tributary Of tho Sankuru
end. taken together, they nearly subtend the
great northern bend Of the Congo, their diroc-
Hon in the main being due east aud west,
Slmeimes a littlo above and sometimes lit
fe below sSuth latitude. Dr. Wolf mado
The ropnl trip 81 ZOO miles on the little
steamer I'm AYant which was in such poor
condition that the explorer had TO sacrifice
some of his gun barrels to mako steam pipes
for her, and the broken engine plato had TO b6
plastorcd every morning with clay. We little
dreamed q few wears ago that the Congo had
nuch magnificent tributaries as have been dis
covered within few years. DR.. WOLF found,
for instance, that for n long distance the San
kuru is about three miles wide, with an aver
psc depth OF nine feet.
for 500 miles up INC river Dr. won met
great many canoes Many OF thom We're OF
enormous size, twice the length OF his little
steamer, and they easily accommodated eighty
foWers' 1t was picturesque sight to sec
these great canoes Wth theL force OF roWerS
Rll standing up and plying their paddles SO
hilecuNeiN That they could lar outstrip
the steamer IN speed ot course, the
Nhite man ana ms patting steamboat
erea.e9 Immense excitement ana astonai-
ment, but very little Tear was manifested,
nle, and one powerful tribe the Bossongo
Nlno, confessed themselves 10 be oannth3is.
Tie colored claths ana lrmkets displayed by
the traveller excited thoir establishment and
envy, and, aS llr. Won declined 60 give al
IBIS pretty things away, they decided TO take
thcm without asking permission.
One morning Somo ct these warriors were
overheard talking the matter over They said
Ii would he Ncry easy TO klll the white man
and his small party, chop them up Ter Food,
and seize the steamer and all the beauUlgl
filings it contained. one of DIR. VOLTS
helpers, large, ileshy man, excited theil
particular admiration. and they regarded
him much rs farmer does q prize porkar.
As preliminary 60 their scheme of serious
hostility, they began 60 pick quarrals with
abe explorers men. Their chief, Tongolata,
became very iusolont, and told Dr, Wolf he
had him quite at his mercy. The explorer ana
his lltJle force showed their guns 60 the ma
tiycs. who merely laughed. They thought the
g-us rs harmless as so many oudgels cut from
q thickot and in their ignorance did not re-
gard them as weapons at all.
Or. Wolf was now able to 10 what many an
other explorer has done when hostile slyayes
counting the little band Of strangers whom
they believed they had wholly IN their power
have decided to utterly destroy them lie
simply parolyzed the natives by giving thom
little idea of the mysterious properties of his
shooting IRONS. While he was standing by the